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(-No Model.)

W. A. SUTTON.

SKATE.

No. 330,527. Patnted Nov. 17, 1885 WITNESSES:

INVENTOR l/w zf BY ATTOiNEYS r, Was-hinginn, ILC.

NITED TATES WILLIAM A. SUTTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,527, dated November17, 1885.

Application filed December 8, 1884. Serial No. 149,729. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. SUTTON, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skates,of which the following is a specification.

Repeated attempts have been made to attach to ice and roller skates ofthat class in which a wooden sole plate or block is used, in place ofthe leather straps, adjustable sole,- clamps in the same manner as thesame-are used in connection with metallic sole-plates. These attemptshave not been successful, owing to the fact that the adjusting mechanismof the sole-clamps had to be arranged below the block, so as to give anunsightly appearance to the skate, or that it had to be arranged in adeep recess of the block, whereby the same was weakened to aconsiderable extent.

The object of this invention is to furnish ice and roller skates havingwooden sole plates or blocks with adjustable sole clamps arranged insuch a manner that the blocks are not weakened nor the appearance of theskates rendered unsightly and clumsy.

The invention consists of an ice or roller skate having a wooden soleplate or block, a transverse recess at the front part of the block, ametallic top plate screwed thereto, said plate having screw-nuts castintegral and located in the recess of the block, adjustingscrews passingthrough the nuts of the top plate, and sole-clamps guided by shanks inways of the top plate and acted upon by collars of the screws, as willappear more fully hereinafter and finally be pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofa skate with my improved sole-clamp attachment. Fig. 2 is a plan of thesame on a larger scale. Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively averticallongitudinal section on line :0 w and a vertical transverse section online y Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the wooden sole plate or blockof my improved ice or roller skate, which block is provided with atransverse recess at that part below the ball of the foot. A metallicstrengthening-plate, B, having a transverse center opening, is screwedat both sides of the transverse recess a to the block A, and provided ateach side with a screw-nut, 6, cast integral therewith, which screw-nutsare located in the recess a. Through the screw-nuts b I) pass theadjusting screws 0 G, which are provided with threaded shanks and squareouter ends, to which latter the key for turning them is applied. Thesoleclamps D are placed loosely on the screw-bolts O O and guided bybeveled shanks (Z d in corresponding ways formed by the block and themetallic top plate, B. The screw-bolts C have collars 6 next to theirsquare outer ends, which collars serve to move the sole-clamp D forwardtoward the .sole when the screw-bolts are adjusted toward each other.When it is desired to release the sole-clamps, the screw-bolts areturned in the opposite direction, so that the sole-clamps can be movedin outward direction until stopped by the collar 6. By this arrangementof the sole-clamps the sole plate or block A is not weakened at all, asthe metallic plate B re-enforces the same at the point where it istransversely recessed for the screw-bolts. All the parts are locatedbelow the top surface of the sole plate or block A, and thereby out ofthe way, and arranged in such a manner that they'do not impart anunsightly appearance to the skate. As each sole-clamp is provided withtwo shanks, the reliable and steady position of the same is securedafter having been adjusted by the screwbolts. By this arrangement theleather straps that fasten the sole-p1ate to the front part of the footcan be dispensed with, and the more convenient and reliable metallicsole-clamp substituted therefor.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In an ice or roller skate, the combination of awooden sole-plate having a transverse recess, a re-enforeing top platehaving screwnuts located in the recess and made integral with the topplate, transverse screw-bo1ts turning in the screw-nuts, and sole-clampssupported on the screw-bolts and provided with shanks guided by saidre-enforcing plate and adjusted by said screw-bolts, substantially asset forth.

2. The combination, in an ice or roller ska e,

of a sole plate or block having a transverse recess, a re-enforcing topplate having screwnuts made integral therewith and located in saidrecess, transverse screw-bolts having collars near their square outerends, and soleclamps supported on said screw-bolts and pro vided withshanks guided in ways of the top plate and block, substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in pres- 1o ence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM A. SUTTON.

NVitnesses:

PAUL \GOEPEL, SIDNEY MANN.

